From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NwdvD-0007Wh-4A for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:04:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 370F2E0CCC for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:04:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pw0-f53.google.com (mail-pw0-f53.google.com [209.85.160.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1414FE09F9 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:55:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj10 with SMTP id 10so8610649pwj.40 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:55:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nf1czS8kzspyd3gFWpkyzIbFosJ6dikRxqgk7sTyOFk=; b=jbNr4cms3Vk6vR3hRIBR/osoDqlmLaU9gYKotJz2k2sWTsUQHiVWpVvBDjuYNR6Qn/ v/nnFgzSr4l2ZS/WIw4KuUXjFXxA96I0o3tDja9UsJl9ulw0cjz9uPiHXiHKm6idn8mC 9LyTHv3gDCQ0jyxFD/igCybYurqjrIGEP8/HA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ogsW6MP8QQesrZIO+myKk+JuT5kK41fA7LaICWyGmY1SvmHvKEROmpBa6tG4kSPdVy BzBi1vSdqlDjqsodRJw0OCJzmgW5wagxLSfOndt9I93dtH56inKVP0dkXD6ZPFaqFu1A ZOa13gaF3Lm+Az5tv0drm5BFpJ4HgQPTI31Ac= Received: by 10.114.54.1 with SMTP id c1mr6445883waa.61.1269964505339; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:55:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-0-92-206.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.92.206]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 15sm1174711pwi.2.2010.03.30.08.55.02 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:55:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4BB21ED3.4040607@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:54:59 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100329 Gentoo/2.0.3 SeaMonkey/2.0.3 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn. References: <4BB15186.9030602@gmail.com> <20100330083952.6ca82bc9@digimed.co.uk> <30b96cd61003300753r346f0300w8377c4a99e242803@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <30b96cd61003300753r346f0300w8377c4a99e242803@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 9f7b4db1-8563-4944-bb1b-37de070fdae4 X-Archives-Hash: 920c20a1547bdea9b2ee270319b6be6c stosss wrote: > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:19:02 -0500, Dale wrote: >> >> >>> I also tried to burn this with tkdvd but it failed too. I don't think >>> the media is bad. It doesn't appear to be k3b since the other program >>> fails too. I also updated to the latest testing but no >>> difference that I can see. It does sometimes burn and sometimes if I >>> try again it will burn but it's not getting any better. >>> >> K3b is running mkisofs and growisofs at the same time, hence the mixed up >> debug output making it hard to see where the error is coming from. Take >> the media, drive and growisofs out of the equation by getting K3b to >> create an ISO image instead. If that works, write the image to disc with >> >> growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=/path/to/file.iso >> >> At least you'll have a better idea where the problem lies. >> > I once had a problem just like this and it turned out to be bad media. > The generic cheap priced discs don't always work. The more expensive > name brand generally are better because most, if not all of them, > work. > > I doubt it is the media. I have been using the same brand, Verbatim, for ages and never had a failure. It's even coming from the same box and is media that I have used for a previous backup with no issues. Each time I have problems burning a DVD, it is something software. I stay away from the really cheap junk. I learned that from the problems people on this list have reported. While it could be possible, it's not likely. Dale :-) :-)